Just a few weeks after conception, stem cells are already orchestrating the future structure of the human brain. A new ...

GNWT, by contrast, argues that consciousness occurs when certain information is “broadcast” across a network of brain regions ...

However, they don’t work for everyone — especially for individuals whose cochlear nerve is too damaged to transmit sound signals to the brain. For these patients ... Conventional ABIs rest on the ...

The future of electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring may soon look like a strand of hair. In place of the traditional metal ...

Researchers have discovered distinct roles for two dopamine receptors located on nerve cells within the portion of the brain that controls approach vs. avoidance behavior.

For the first time, researchers at Leipzig University and other institutions have gained comprehensive insights into the ...

Researchers have gained comprehensive insights into the entire nervous system of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). The study describes in detail the neurons that span the entire nervous system ...

IIT suggests that consciousness arises from richly interconnected sensory areas in the posterior brain, while GNWT claims it’s the frontal cortex that broadcasts conscious experiences across the ...

Experimental stem cell treatments offer another potential way to manage Parkinson’s—these techniques seek not only to replace or mimic dopamine, but to repair the brain circuitry lost due to P ...

The directive concerns brain stem death (BSD), the term used for natural deaths. Indians are notoriously diffident about organ donation – their own and families' – because of cultural reasons ...

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and lethal brain malignancy in adults, with fewer than 5% of patients surviving five years after diagnosis. Current treatments are largely ineffective, in part ...